New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-27
no COMPROMISE FoR IRELAND.

Lord Salisbury has nothing IN reserve for
! Ireland except coercion. His speech last week
makes this clear. The rules Of procedure are
to be altered once more 50 rs TO prelude thu
| blocking Of legislation for England. Ireland :
representatives are not to be allowed TO obStIuct
the business Of Parliament. Local Govern
mcnt bill is TO be introduced, but its privileges
are not to be extended to the island There are
to be no new Irish measures. The Coercion
/ Act is to be enforced and remedial legislation
is to be suspended. Force is TO be the Tory
remedy for all the evils to which the unhappy
isiand-thc island which all the English hiStori-
ans declare has been cruelty m>govcrncd in
the past-has fallen heir.
The refusal Of Ministers to include Ireland in
their scheme Of local scf-govcrnmcnt may
easily be justified from their own point Of view.
They can demonstrate with reason the futilty
Of attempting to satisfy the demands
Of the Na,ionaiists by granting en-
largcd privileges Of local govern
mcnt. The majority Of the Irish people want
Home Rule and nothing short Of il. Town
councils and county boards with increased con
troll over local affairs would be grudgingly ac-
copied as concession for which the National
lists have never asked. a political use would
be made Of the new machinery provided for
local government, but not one Of Mr.. Parncl's
followers would think Of expressing gratitude
to the Tories for the privileges conferred Lord
Salisbury has been imporuncd by leading
Unionists to make the ill-advscd attempt to
offer local government bill as substitute
for Home Rule. If he declines to do so on the
ground that the Irish people want Home Rulc
or nothing, and that agtators would only be
armed with powerful weapons by such cgisla-
ton, he Will moi be lacking in practical wisdom
In fact, it is true that the time for compromise
and local government for Ireland would be a
compromisc-has passed
This is truth which the English people are
gradually learning. After the downfall Of Mr..
Gladstoncs Government there were many Lib
erals, and many Unionists also, who fanccd
that series Of compromises might be effected
1t was cOntcndcd that modified form Of Home
Rule might be adopted for Ireland. with the
vctcntion Of its delegation at Westminster and
other guarantees for Imperial unity. Great
pressure was brought to bear upon Mr.. Glad
stone in favor Of concessions by which the
Liberal party might be reunited. Fortunately,
both for Ireland and England these efforts
have met with mcagrc success. If tho land
purchase scheme has been abandoned English
honor Will be compromised whenever the Home
Rule scheme is revived; and if the proposed
notifications Of Mr.. Gladst0nc's main bill had
been accepted by him, the efficiency Of the
measure would be fatally impaired. Nothing
VIC think, can be clearer To an unprcjudiccd
mind than the superiority Of the original
scheme proposed by him over all the compro-
misses suggested by impatient Liberals and tenn
porizng Unionists. This is the teaching Of one
OF the most uncompromising Of the Unionists
Professor Diccy. and il is sound from the Home
Rulers ground The naked issue now before
the English people is Tory coercion on one side
without reforms Of any kind. and Gladstonian